Sale reports / Iowa / Tama Livestock Auction / 2021-04-05

Tama Livestock Auction

Name: Tama Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2021-04-05
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-04-05

Feeder Cattle · Tama, Iowa · Mon, Apr 5

● Final37 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2156

← Mar 1Apr 5Apr 26 →

Receipts

758 head

▼ 37 vs last sale 795▲ 758 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago

Also sold hereSpecialFri Mar 6, 2026

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Feeder calf and yearling sale today: No comparison. Trade active. Demand good.

Weight class — the figures below change to match

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $140.44/cwt on 309 head.

Average price

$140.44

309 head · 605 lb average

Value per head Derived

$850

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$208

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2

$6.89/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+3.62

vs IA average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	615	141.00	867	284
Medium and Large 1-2	492	134.11	659	25

One grade step is worth $6.89/cwt here — about $208 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 0–100 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

How it compared 0–100 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only

This sale309 hd

140.44

—

IA average7 barns · 2,608 hd

136.82

+3.62

A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

Every lot

37 lots · USDA AMS · Tama Livestock Feeder Cattle - Tama, IA

Nothing removed and nothing rounded — the same lots as the USDA report, with per-head values added. Grouped by class and set lightest first; USDA files them in sale-ring order.

Class	Weight	Grade / description	Avg wt	Price	Range	Per head	Head
Feeder Cattle · Steers18 lots · lightest first
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	315	178.49/cwt	172.50–182.50	562	3
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	345	197.50/cwt	197.50–197.50	681	2
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	395	199.66/cwt	199.00–200.00	789	6
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	420	203.91/cwt	186.00–210.00	856	32
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	478	191.49/cwt	180.00–196.00	915	36
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	480	132.00/cwt	132.00–132.00	634	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	523	180.43/cwt	165.00–188.00	944	29
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	586	161.07/cwt	150.00–168.00	944	33
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	627	158.12/cwt	150.00–164.50	991	25
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	630	141.15/cwt	131.00–146.00	889	9
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	673	146.20/cwt	135.00–148.00	984	31
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	706	152.03/cwt	146.00–159.00	1,073	18
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	719	132.89/cwt	127.00–136.00	955	9
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	781	131.00/cwt	131.00–131.00	1,023	14
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	816	132.34/cwt	128.00–135.50	1,080	19
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	823	120.49/cwt	120.00–121.00	992	2
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	914	125.24/cwt	124.00–126.00	1,145	8
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	985	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	1,133	1
Feeder Cattle · Heifers19 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	315	165.67/cwt	160.00–172.50	522	13
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	318	149.54/cwt	146.00–156.00	476	6
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	380	162.76/cwt	160.00–168.00	618	6
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	380	144.82/cwt	141.00–151.00	550	5
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	416	167.70/cwt	160.00–175.00	698	18
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	472	160.74/cwt	149.00–167.50	759	29
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	512	157.45/cwt	150.00–161.00	806	20
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	540	135.72/cwt	125.00–141.00	733	6
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	560	126.00/cwt	126.00–126.00	706	2
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	569	147.09/cwt	141.00–152.00	837	35
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	618	109.00/cwt	109.00–109.00	674	3
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	626	136.17/cwt	134.00–139.00	852	39
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	666	128.74/cwt	121.00–136.00	857	28
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	723	127.33/cwt	124.00–128.00	921	36
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	730	116.00/cwt	116.00–116.00	847	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	768	111.00/cwt	111.00–111.00	852	2
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	784	125.50/cwt	120.00–127.00	984	47
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	823	119.83/cwt	118.00–121.00	986	11
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	980	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	1,078	2

This sale against other markets

Iowa weighted averages

One sale is one barn on one day. The state ladder is every Iowa auction USDA reported that week, weighted by head — the fairer test of whether a lot sold well.

Iowa feeder prices, every weight →Every state and region →

Tama Livestock Feeder Cattle - Tama, IA

Mon Apr 5, 2021

USDA Livestock, Poultry & Grain Market News · Federal-State Market News Service, Des Moines, IA (LS-NW)

Receipts 758Last week 795Year ago 0

Feeder calf and yearling sale today: No comparison. Trade active. Demand good.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	980	110.00	110.00
6	—	380	160.00–168.00	162.76
11	—	823	118.00–121.00	119.83
13	—	315	160.00–172.50	165.67
18	—	416	160.00–175.00	167.70
20	—	512	150.00–161.00	157.45
47	—	784	120.00–127.00	125.50
29	—	472	149.00–167.50	160.74
36	—	723	124.00–128.00	127.33
35	—	569	141.00–152.00	147.09
28	—	666	121.00–136.00	128.74
39	—	626	134.00–139.00	136.17

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	540	125.00–141.00	135.72
2	—	768	111.00	111.00
3	—	618	109.00	109.00
6	—	318	146.00–156.00	149.54
2	—	560	126.00	126.00
1	—	730	116.00	116.00
5	—	380	141.00–151.00	144.82

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
29	—	523	165.00–188.00	180.43
18	—	706	146.00–159.00	152.03
14	—	781	131.00	131.00
31	—	673	135.00–148.00	146.20
19	—	816	128.00–135.50	132.34
2	—	345	197.50	197.50
36	—	478	180.00–196.00	191.49
33	—	586	150.00–168.00	161.07
25	—	627	150.00–164.50	158.12
6	—	395	199.00–200.00	199.66
8	—	914	124.00–126.00	125.24
32	—	420	186.00–210.00	203.91

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	315	172.50–182.50	178.49
9	—	719	127.00–136.00	132.89
1	—	480	132.00	132.00
2	—	823	120.00–121.00	120.49
9	—	630	131.00–146.00	141.15
1	—	985	115.00	115.00

Head, weight ranges, average weights and price ranges are exactly as USDA AMS filed them — nothing recomputed, nothing rounded — in USDA's own reporting structure. This is RaisedBeef's rendering of that data, not a copy of USDA's document.